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Re: [CQ-Contest] WW CW wrong Zone sent?

To: "J. Allen" <vy1ja@northwestel.net>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WW CW wrong Zone sent?
From: Zack Widup <w9sz@prairienet.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:38:15 -0600 (CST)
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Hi Jay,

We are all human, no one is perfect, and as long as you entered in the 
correct class despite what you sent, I think the ARRL would be forgiving.

In my earlier days of contesting I once got confused between the CQ zones 
and IARU zones for one contest and sent the wrong one.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, J. Allen wrote:

> On my second try at SS, I sent the wrong character,  misrepresenting my
> power. Since I am not in the contests to "win",  I wrote an email to the
> contest sponsor explaining what I had done wrong.  I do not know how many
> people knew that I was proud to have the new amplifier, but nobody gave me
> feedback during the contest for a letter claiming low power.
>
> I agree with Rich... and so did the ARRL apparently.  The mistake was mine,
> everyone who copied what was sent got their multiplier.
>
> Sometimes common sense will prevail even over confusion.
>
> J.
>
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